Plow attachment.



No. 875,407. PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907. J. BINGAMAN. PLOW ATTACHMENT.APPLICATION FILED AUGHZ'I 1907.

avweutoz- @105 h: amen JOSEPHUS BINGAMAN, OF GARNETT, KANSAS.

PLOW ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907'.

Application filed August 2'7, 1907. Serial No. 390,284:-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPHUS BINGAMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Garnett, in the county of Anderson and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Plow Attachments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to improvements in plow attachments, and relatesmore particularly to an attachment which embodies a covering wheeldesigned especially for the planting of corn to cover the grain with theearth or soil which the plow has displaced in making the furrow.

The invention aims to provide a device of this type of increasedefliciency and utility, and one of a simple practical nature.

ith the above and other objects in view my invention further consists ofthe novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of partsthe details of which will appear in the course of the followingspecification in which reference is had to the accompanying drawingsforming a part of this specification, like characters of referencedesignating similar parts throughout the several views wherein,

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the invention applied to a plow, and,Figs. 2 and 3, are detail perspective views.

1, designates the plow beam which on one side has a bracket member 2,secured thereto which projects beyond the rear end of the beam, and onits opposite side has a bracket member 3, secured thereto. These bracketmembers are formed with suitable sockets as at 4, to receive the plowhandles 5, and bracket 3, is in addition formed to receive and support asuitable corn dropping appliance designated 6, and is further formedwltha plow point support or standard 7, and the socket 8, to receive asecond plow point support or standard 9, the plow point being designated10. The projecting ends I of brackets 2 and 3, are formed with aperturesthrough which are assed the pivot bar 11, carried by the angu ar springbar 12. This bar 12,'is possessed of a suitable degree of resiliency andis shown as being of the flat type. Pivotv bar 11, is preferably hollowbeing of tubular form anc is provided with two rearwardly extending cars13, in spaced relation so as to firmly embrace the front end of springbar 12, to which latter the ears are rigidly secured. by means of bolts14. By virtue of the aforesaid rigid connection be tween the pivot barand the spring bar it will be manifest that any movement of the pivotbar in an are like plane will be correspondingly communicated to thespring bar 12. Lateral movement of the pivot bar is prevented by virtueof the cotter pins 15, which are passed through apertures providedtherefor in the pivot bar 11, as depicted in Fig. 1.

Spring bar 12, may be adjusted and retained in its adjusted position bymeans of the rod 16, which is passed through a suitable aperture 17,provided in a projecting end of the pivot bar 11. Bracket 3, is formedwith a segmental rack 18, which engages rod 16, and sustains the sameagainst vertical movement. In addition the rack member serves as a meansto support the corn dropping appliance, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The lower end of spring bar 12, is continued rearwardly in a horizontalplane as at 19, in which respect it corresponds to the disposition ofthe upper end of the spring bar 12, though inan opposite direction fromthe latter. 20, designates a carrying frame for the covering-wheel whichis preferably of the construction shown in Fig. 2, wherein the the sameis illustrated as embodying two spaced longitudinal side members 21,connected at their forward ends by means of an integral horizontal part22, the latter being extended to form an overlying lip 23. Between part22, and lip 23, end 19, of the spring bar 12, is freely embraced. Apivot member 24, is projected through suitable apertures 25, in part 22,and lip 23, and through end 19, of spring bar 12. It will thereby beobserved that the frame 20, is cfitpable of movement in a horizontal arelike ane. p The covering wheel 26, is arbitrarily shown as of the flatperipheral type though other forms may be substituted at will, the samebeing supported by axle 27, which is projected through apertures 28, inthe sides 21. A tubular bar 29, which carries the scraper 30, is alsoprojected, through the sides 21, being secured against lateral movementby means of cotter pins 31. This scraper acts against wheel 26, and inconditions of excessively wet or muddy soil serves to free the wheel ofany earth which may adhere to the same. A vertical rack 32, is formed atits lower end with an extension formed with bendable lips 33, whichembrace one of the sides 21, of

frame 20, which thereby stationarily support the projecting ends of thetubular bar 29, of scraper 30, and engages between the teeth of rack 32,whereby the scraper may be brought into intimate contact or freed fromengagement with wheel 26.

In operation it will be observed that the furrows made by plow point 10,receive the grain periodically dropped from the dropper 6, and wheel 26,which is to the rear of the dropper causes the soil displaced by theplow point to be forced back into the furrow and thereby cover the corn.By adjusting the spring bar 12, by virtue of rod 16, wheel 26, may bebrought with the desired pressure upon the displaced earth.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. Incombination with a plow beam, an angular spring bar having its centralportion diagonally disposed with respect to the plow beam and having itsupper end movably connected to the latter, means to enable adjustment ofthe position of the lower end of said bar, a frame pivotally connectedto said bar, and a wheel carried by said frame.

2. In combination with a plow beam, a spring bar having a diagonalcentral portion and horizontally disposed ends, a pivot bar rigidlyconnected to the upper end of said spring bar, a rod rigidly connectedto said pivot bar, a toothed rack carried by the plow beam to engagesaid rod and sustain the spring bar in adjusted position, a wheelcarrying frame composed of longitudinal side members, a horizontalconnecting-part for said side members, a lip connected to saidhorizontal part and overlying the same, the lower end of said spring barbeing received between said horizontal part and said lip and beingpivoted to the same, and a wheel mounted between said side members.

3. In combination with a plow beam, a spring bar diagonally disposedwith relation to the beam thereof and pivotally connected to the latter,means to enable adjustment of the free end of said bar in an arc-likeplane, a wheel carrying frame composed of spaced side members, ahorizontal connecting member and a lip overlying said horizontalconnecting member, the lower end of said spring bar being pivoted tosaid frame and being received in the space between said horizontalconnecting member and said lip, and a wheel carried by said framebetween the side members thereof.

4. In combination with a plow beam, a spring bar connected thereto, awheel carrying frame pivoted to said bar, a wheel carried by said frame,a rack secured to the frame, a scraper journaled in the outer end of theframe, and a rod rigidly connected to said scraper and adapted to engagesaid rack.

5. In combination with a plow beam, a pivot bar rigidly connected to theupper end of said bar, a rod rigidly connected to said pivot bar, a rackcarried by the plow beam to engage said rod, a wheel carrying framepivoted to the lower end of said spring bar, and a wheel journaled insaid frame.

6. In combination with a plow beam, a spring bar pivoted thereto, awheel carrying frame consisting of side members, pivoted to the lowerend of said spring bar, a bar projected through the rear ends of saidside members, a scraper carried by said bar, a rod rigidly connected tosaid scraper bar, and a rack to engage said rod, said rack embodying avertical member and lips which are bent into engagement with one of theside members of said frame.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPHUS BINGAMAN.

Witnesses:

EBERT SIMON, FoEL BLUM.

